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5.0 out of 5 stars
As engaging for lay readers as it is for dedicated students,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Oil Vendor and the Courtesan: Tales from the Ming Dynasty (Hardcover)
Skillfully translated into English by Ted Wang & Chen Chen, The Oil Vendor and the Courtesan is a collection selected stories by Feng Menglong (1574-1646), during China's Ming dynasty. Merchants, scholars, housewives, magistrates, craftsmen, courtesans, abbots, nuns, and children populate these creative, witty, and insightful tales, which cover a surprisingly broad cross-section of Chinese life of the era, both urban and rural. As engaging for lay readers as it is for dedicated students of Chinese culture and literature, The Oil Vendor and the Courtesan is a wondrous work of classical literature, highly recommended. Readers hungry for more are sure to enjoy the previous anthology in the series, "Two Slaps" collecting more tales by Feng's contemporary, Ling Mengchu (1580-1644).
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The Oil Vendor and the Courtesan: Tales from the Ming Dynasty by Feng Menglong (Hardcover - January 16, 2007)
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